Moscow Protest Urges Putin's Ouster

MOSCOW—Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in the Russian capital Monday evening to demand an end to the rule of President Vladimir Putin and the release of political prisoners.

Though estimates varied, the crowd appeared to be the largest at an anti-Kremlin rally in about a year, suggesting the protest movement that took off in late 2011—spawned by parliamentary elections rife with fraud allegations—and faded...